单词 | burgle |
释义 | burglen. An act of burgling; a burglary. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] > act or instance of burglary1609 bust1859 burgle1889 home invasion1912 1889 Punch 26 Jan. 37/2 The Burgle Song. 1898 Tit-Bits 26 Feb. 418/1 This afternoon we did a little burgle on our own account. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). burglev. Originally colloquial or humorous. a. intransitive. To follow the occupation of a burglar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (intransitive)] > be a burglar burgle1872 1872 M. Collins Princess Clarice I. iv. 63 The burglar who attempted to enter that room would never burgle again. b. transitive. To break feloniously into the house of; to steal or rob burglariously. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > burgle [verb (transitive)] do1774 bust1859 burglarize1871 burgle1874 burglar1890 take1924 to rip off1972 tickle1976 1874 Standard 14 Nov. 3 New words with which the American vocabulary has lately been enriched; ‘to burgle’, meaning to injure a person by breaking into his or her house. 1884 Blackwood's Mag. 513/2 I burgled myself again in the night. Derivatives ˈburgled adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [adjective] > burglarized burgled1886 1886 E. S. Phelps Burglars in Paradise vii. 117 ‘Oh’, said the mistress of the burgled cottage..to the policeman. ˈburgling n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [noun] housebreachlOE burgh-brechea1387 burglary1532 housebreaking1607 breaking and entering1617 game1811 crack1819 screwing1819 effraction1840 burst1857 burglarizing1872 burgling1880 ship-breaking1901 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > burglary > [adjective] > burgling burgling1880 burglaring1909 burglared1928 screwing1960 1880 Daily News 28 Oct. 5/3 Treachery seems to have been developed even in burgling circles. 1884 C. Dickens Dict. London 28/3 A gentleman of the burgling persuasion. 1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 151/1 After the ‘burgling’ is completed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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